NT Expedition 1880 - 1889
National Library of Australia
Northern Territory expedition, 1880-1889. PIC Album 1277 #PIC/19993/1-48
https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-288989109
Purchased at the sale of the Denis Joachim Collection, Mossgreen Auctions, Melbourne, 19-21 June 2016.
It would appear that there never was such an expedition - the images cover daily life at the Daly Waters Telegraph Station probably during the late 1870s.
It is presumed that the photographer was the Station master at Daly Waters for several years.
Northern Territory expedition, 1880-1889. PIC Album 1277 #PIC/19993/1-48
https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-288989109
Purchased at the sale of the Denis Joachim Collection, Mossgreen Auctions, Melbourne, 19-21 June 2016.
It would appear that there never was such an expedition - the images cover daily life at the Daly Waters Telegraph Station probably during the late 1870s.
It is presumed that the photographer was the Station master at Daly Waters for several years.
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Charles Todd - Adelaide Observer - 11 January 1873, "in the interior we have six persons at each station, viz., the Stationmaster, Assistant-Operator and four men. There are also about 20 horses — draught and saddle — and in most cases a team of bullocks besides spare bullocks for food. The stations are all well provisioned - most of them up to the end of 1874".
At successive Repeater Stations every 155 miles along the 1,973 mile line, the Stationmaster or his assistant, as the telegraphist, receive & resend each message to the next station on the line.
The four linesmen based at each repeater Station patrolled the section of line assigned to that station.
At successive Repeater Stations every 155 miles along the 1,973 mile line, the Stationmaster or his assistant, as the telegraphist, receive & resend each message to the next station on the line.
The four linesmen based at each repeater Station patrolled the section of line assigned to that station.
The Linesmen x 4
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It would seem likely that the F.G. referred to above is F. Goss who was Assistant-Operator at Daly Waters during the 1880's. He is
Teams on the Road
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2 Men T- 1 dog - 18 horses - 4 greys in hand - braced Oppenheimer Pole (?) central image - heavy dray - rear wheels larger
Telegraph Station surrounded by flood waters, Daly Waters, NT c.1885.
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Telegraph Station, Daly Waters, NT c.1885, 2.
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Two Aboriginal men loading hay onto horse-drawn cart, Daly Waters, NT c.1886.
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Dam Making Daly Waters - nla.obj-327356440-1
Daly Waters Telegraph Station 1885,2
Daly Waters Telegraph Station 1885,2